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233 years the supreme court has been in existence and timely yesterday a black woman is confirmed. what was going through your head as you watched it? >> well, you know, i was watching the controlled excitement by vice president kamala harris who happens to be -- was presiding over the senate yesterday to see this moment, and this moment is not just about this moment. there have been attempts to have a black woman supreme court justice before. i think about during the obama administration people like melanie campbell, mark boreal, many of the civil rights leaders had been pushing for those mom...

Gulf coast residents are keeping an eye on the remnants of what was tropical storm alex. depending on the path, the system could affect oil spill recovery efforts and that worry comes as a former new orleans mayor gets an up-close look at disaster with our tj holmes. >> fredricka, can you imagine a new orleans native doesn't live here any more but has to watch on tv, watch their city go through with this oil disaster? one of the folks happens to also be a former mayor who came back this weekend, to take a look at the devastation. and invited here because they say he needs to help give a voice ...

Louisiana, southern mississippi. this entire region. and people who are sitting at home watching, who may be on the west coast, the east coast, or the north coast or somewhere in the midlands of america need to understand that this affects them. >> the new orleans guy. former mayor, since you were mayor, we've seen katrina, now we've seen the oil disaster. what is it like for you as a guy, a new orleans guy to see your city going through this? >> it's like successive kicks in the gut to see your city, your region go through this. but when i come down, what regenerate me is this incredible pass...